#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/10/2013 #1

U.S. vintage convertible cars are parked beside the Capitol Building in Havana May 15th, 2013. Tourists can enjoy a 30-minute tour of Havana in a convertible for around $30.

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#2 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/22/2016

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#3 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/01/2017

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#4 Click this link to see Blog page --> 04/20/2017

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#5 Click this link to see Blog page --> 10/14/2017

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#6 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/03/2018

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/23/2020 #4

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#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/01/2021 #10

In 1959, Doctor Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz and his revolutionaries overthrew Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar, who fled to the Dominican Republic. #FidelCastro #FulgencioBatista #Cuba

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#9 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/16/2021 #7

In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba. #CubanMissileCrisis #JFK

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#10 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/22/2021 #8

In 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) revealed the presence of Soviet built missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation. #JFK #CubanMissileCrisis

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#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/24/2021 #4

In 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis. #JFK #CubanMissileCrisis

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#12 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/25/2021 #5

In 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Ewing Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet built missile bases in Cuba; Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the bases to the Council. #CubanMissileCrisis

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#13 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/27/2021 #6

In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr #CubanMissileCrisis

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#14 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/28/2021 #5

In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev informed the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey. #NikitaKhrushchev #CubanMissileCrisis

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#15 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/01/2021 #9

In 1965, an airlift of refugees from Cuba to the U.S. began in which thousands of Cubans were allowed to leave their homeland. Notice the refugees weren’t exactly impoverished? These affluent “refugees” greatly influence policy to this day.

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#16 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/23/2021 #9

In 1962, Cuba began releasing prisoners from the failed Bay of Pigs invasion under an agreement in which Cuba received more than $50 million worth of food and medical supplies. #BayofPigs #Cuba

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#17 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/03/2022 #10

In 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the U.S. was formally terminating diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba. Cuba-U.S. Relations #Cuba #DwightEisenhower

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#18 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/07/2022 #8

In 1959, the U.S. recognized the new government of Cuba, six days after Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. #FidelCastro #FulgencioBatista #Cuba

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#19 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/07/2022 #8

In 1962, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba. Cuban Assets Control Regulations #JFK #Cuba

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#20 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/16/2022 #7

In 1959, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz became premier of Cuba six weeks after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar. #FidelCastro #FulgencioBatista #Cuba

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#21 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/07/2022 #9

In 1962, nearly 1,200 Cuban exiles tried by Cuba for their roles in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion were convicted of treason. #Cuba

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#22 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2022 #6

In 1961, some 1,500 CIA trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third day. #BayOfPigs #Cuba

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#23 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2022 #4

In 1961, Bay of Pigs Invasion #BayOfPigs #Cuba

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#24 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2022 #17

In 2011, Cuba’s Communist Party picked 79-year-old Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz to replace his ailing brother Fidel as first secretary during a key Party Congress. #RaulCastro #Cuba

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#25 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2022 #22

In 2016, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz delivered a valedictory speech to the Communist Party that he put in power half-century earlier, telling party members he was nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive. #FidelCastro #Cuba

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#26 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/20/2022 #15

In 2017, Cuba Mark Gooding Sr., who sang the 1972 hit Everybody Plays the Fool, died in Los Angeles; he was 72. #CubaGoodingSr

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#27 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/30/2024 #1

Smoking torches lie on the pavement after the March of Torches which is held annually in celebration of the birth anniversary of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Cuba.

José Julián Martí Pérez #JoseMarti #Cuba MjL

#28 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/01/2026 #1

Havana, Cuba • Soldiers take part in a torchlight march on the 173rd birthday of the national hero José Marti, a leader of Cuba’s independence from Spain and founder of the Cuban Revolutionary party.

José Julián Martí Pérez #JoseMarti #Cuba MjL

#29 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/04/2026 #2

Cuba’s tourism sector has fallen to historic lows at a time when the island most needs foreign currency, intensifying pressure on an economy already in severe distress. International tourist arrivals dropped to 1.8 million in 2025, down 17.8% from 2024, according to official figures from Cuba’s National Office of Statistics and Information. The result fell well short of the government’s target of 2.6 million visitors. The figure marks one of the lowest levels in more than two decades, excluding the pandemic years, and remains far below the peaks recorded in 2018, when arrivals reached 4.6 million, and in 2019, with 4.2 million. The collapse has had a direct impact on an economy that depends heavily on tourism as its main source of hard currency. Tracey and her sister Sandy visited Cuba in June, 2024.

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#30 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/26/2026 #1

A bus drives along a dark street as Cuba begins efforts to restore power after its grid collapsed for the second time in a week amid a U.S. oil blockade that has dealt a major blow to the island’s already ailing energy infrastructure, in Havana, Cuba.

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#31 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 05/19/2026 #20

Communism didn’t harm #Cuba —— we did that. MjL